A pregnant Serena Williams posed nude on the August 2017 cover of Vanity Fair, following in the footsteps of Demi Moore, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, and Cindy Crawford. Annie Leibovitz took the snaps of the 35-year-old athlete, who was photographed from the side, with her long dark tresses flowing loosely down her back.

A mother from Colorado is sharing her heartbreaking story after losing her three-year-old son, Kyle, in a car accident 12 years ago. Christine Miller believes that a five-point-harness car seat could have helped prevent her son’s death — and now she’s hoping her story will educate parents on the dangers of booster seats for toddlers.

Rachel Rickert claims she was fired for getting her period while on the job — and now she’s filed a federal discrimination lawsuit. Rachel Rickert, 27, says she was fired by Hyundai from representing them at the New York International Auto Show simply because she got her period while on the job — and now she has filed a federal discrimination complaint.

Sarah Orrick, an 11-year-old girl in Newcastle, Okla., decided to cut her hair after her little sister Jorgia, 9, came home from school one day feeling upset because the boys in her class were making fun of her for cutting her waist-length hair into a shorter ’do.

Kathy DiVincenzo wants other mothers to know they are not alone. Some days, Kathy DiVincenzo is a picture-perfect mother — other days, postpartum depression takes hold, leaving her to “suffer in silence.” As part of a Facebook post that’s now gone viral, DiVincenzo stands up to her illness by sharing firsthand perspective on what it’s like living with PPD. “The truth is, both of these pictures represent my life depending on the day,” DiVincenzo wrote in the post.

An anti-abortion flag was raised outside Ottawa City Hall on Thursday, upsetting councillors and community members in the process. The banner went up in support of the city’s anti-abortion rally, ‘March for Life’ — an annual event by the Campaign Life Coalition that took place the same day on Parliament Hill. LifeSiteNews.com, a conservative anti-abortion and anti-LGBT website founded by the Coalition, posted a video showing city personnel raising the flag.

This has been an eventful year so far for Allison Williams . Although HBO's Girls , the show that introduced Williams to the world as Marnie Michaels, will be coming to an end , it doesn't look like the actress is slowing down anytime soon.
The 28-year-old Williams made her feature-film debut in the highly successful comedy-horror flick Get Out . Let's also not forget that she recently underwent a major hair change, dyeing her brunette hair blond .
At a recent screening for Get Out , Williams's hair was styled in an edgy version of the classic French braid , which incorporated twists and a pompadour that played up her bold hair color.
Want to copy this cool-girl French braid? Watch the video above to follow Stunning Braids author and hairstylist Monaè Everett 's simple steps to re-create this fun hairstyle.
Step-by-step instructions
1. Using a rat-tail comb , part and clip away front piece of hair from the face.
2. Separate hair into three sections in the back for the braids and twists.
3. Apply an anti-frizz product such as Redken Outshine 01 Anti-Frizz Polishing Milk to the center section of hair, then create a French braid and secure end with clear elastic.
4. Smooth left and right sides of hair with a boar-bristle brush and twist back. Secure ends with an elastic, leaving some hair out.
5. Twist and tuck the ends of twists at the nape of the neck and secure with bobby pins.
6. Use a 1-inch curling iron to curl front piece of hair to create volume.
7. Set curl with a blast of hairspray (Everett used Oribe Superfine Hair Spray ).
8. Take the curled section and pin it back into a mini pompadour to complete the hairstyle.
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